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REAL WFGR Retrovision! Little Seen Color I Love Lucy, Brady Bunch Videos!

Craig Russell — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:00:23 +0000

Now THIS is what Retrovision is all about! When we came up with the name to describe old videos and memories we wanted to highlight, this was what we were thinking of! Thanks to Youtube and the Internets, now we can see into the past! First up, a video posted almost 5 years ago, is [...]

WFGR Retrovision–The Worst Songs Of The 70′s!

Craig Russell — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:00:54 +0000

A couple of days ago on Regis and Kelly Lee And Gelman and Michael Strahan, the hosts-all 5 of them--revealed a list of the worst songs of the 80's, written by Robert of the Radish, music critic for Yahoo! The song he deemed the "Worst Song of the 80's"? The Pina Colada Song by Rupert Holmes. Yeah, I can kinda see it. But this information spawned another list.

WFGR Retrovision: Nipsey Russell [VIDEO]

Matt Hendricks — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:30:29 +0000

Anyone remember Nipsey? I do, mostly from game shows from the 60′s-90′s! This is a guy that managed to stay on TV for almost 4 decades, for really, just being a polished and funny comedian. Plus of course his trademark poems and “Words of Wisdom”. Another not exactly TV legend, but for some reason, he [...]

WFGR Retrovision–On Nat Geo–"The 80′s-The Decade That Made Us"

Craig Russell — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:08:12 +0000

There’s an awesome new six part series that fits WFGR. It’s called “The 80′s-The Decade that Made Us”. It’s all about how the 80′s launched things we know, love and take for granted about current pop culture, technology and the way we live. Without the advances of the 80′s we wouldn’t have this blog, this [...]

WFGR Retrovision: Burger Chef [VIDEO]

Matt Hendricks — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:23:17 +0000

Okay, Raise your hand if you remember Burger Chef? Yep, me too. Sadly, they aren’t around any longer, and they were all mostly sold what we now call Hardees. Remember the good ol days and these commercials? Let’s head on down to the Burger Chef for a burger and a shake!

WFGR Rretrovision: Slim Goodbody!

Craig Russell — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:30:31 +0000

Here’s another WFGR Retrovision. Who remembers Slim Goodbody? I do! He was this freaky looking guy who wore flash colored body suits with organs and bones all drawn on them to represent your body. From the “The Kid Should see this” web video archive… “Slim Goodbody was something I used to watch on tv as [...]

WFGR Retrovision – The Ultimate Carol Burnett Show Blooper [VIDEO]

Matt Hendricks — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:20:07 +0000

Of all the great shows, bloopers and clips we’ve seen from this show, this one might be the best. This show ran for 11 years, and really nothing else ever came as close as to this combo of actors, writers and classic TV. Check out this classic clip – it’s the ultimate in zing and [...]

WFGR Retrovision: Room 222 [VIDEO]

Matt Hendricks — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:35:14 +0000

My God! Can you believe TV ever was like this. Remember this show at all? It ran for a few years in the early 1970′s. Karen Valentine was pretty, but I found the rest of this show just very odd. I think it was supposed to be “funny” yet the mood is anything but funny [...]

WFGR Retrovision-Vote For Your Favorite Classic TV Theme Song!

Craig Russell — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:53:56 +0000

It’s that time of year…March Madness. And brackets. Like with everything, we are getting bombarded with brackets. Vote for your favorite this, or its the “Battle for that”. Remember when the only brackets there were had to do with Basketball? Well the good folks at Yahoo! have come up with a pretty good bracket contest! [...]

WFGR Retrovision-Computers!

Craig Russell — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:13:11 +0000

For Steve the Web Guy, here's the latest WFGR Retrovision installment-Computer Ads from the 70's and 80's! Remember when NO ONE had a computer? Or if the rich family down the block had one, it cost thousands of dollars, or it was a Commodore 64 and the kid was a nerd? Of course EVERYONE has a computer--or a small computer called a smart phone--these days.

WFGR Retrovision: California Raisins [VIDEO]

Matt Hendricks — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:27:07 +0000

Remember this? I do. My mom said “I just saw the coolest commercial” and then she proceeded to rewind our TOP loading VHS VCR and play it back for me. Pretty funny on all memories. This has to go down as one of the more memorable Ad campaigns of the 80′s for sure. Raisins sound [...]

Retrovision: Real People [VIDEO]

Matt Hendricks — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:59:51 +0000

Here’s “Reality” TV before there was what we now call Reality TV. Remember this show? Look how young everyone looks as well. This show ran for 5 seasons, which is way longer than I had remembered! I miss TV like this really. I’m sorry, but we all know “The Real World” and “Survivor”. This is [...]

WFGR Retrovision: Night Court [VIDEO]

Matt Hendricks — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:08:41 +0000

Craig and myself got to talking about TV with cool theme songs, and we got talking about this show! Ah such a blast from the 80's past, in a good way. Who could forget Markie Post's classic 80's hairstyles that changed every week!

Check out this classic clip from a by-gone era of cheesy, yet great TV!

WFGR RetroVision: GR On Pinterest

Craig Russell — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:30:25 +0000

Let's take a trip back in time..to the 70's! It's another WFGR Retrovision. Thanks to the good folks at GRNow.com, we can see what Grand Rapids was all about in the heart of WFGR. The 1970's. The Eagles, Boston, Billy Joel and Elton John. Plus the start of Monroe Center, the Owls and the Amway Grand.

WFGR RetroVision – Song Pirating, 1960′s style

Craig Russell — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:30:21 +0000

So the next time you go to download a song or pirate a movie off the internet, remember the people who paved the way for you to push a few buttons and voila-Die Hard 3. Back in the day it was much much tougher. Even in the 80′s and 90′s, copying a cassette just required [...]

WFGR Retrovision: The First Price is Right Episode [VIDEO]

Matt Hendricks — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:56:08 +0000

This is serious blast from the past. Fur Coat, Bob Barker with brown hair, and a general malaise of the crowd. Hard to believe this show is STILL on the air some 40 years later, and still basically plays the same!

WFGR Retrovision: Easy Bake Oven [VIDEO]

Matt Hendricks — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:42:53 +0000

Who had one of these, or wanted on of these? Of course you did. Who doesn’t want to take 3 hours to make a cake with a light bulb? Check out this blast from the past.

WFGR Retrovision: Favorite Sit-Com Tag Line [VIDEO]

Matt Hendricks — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:05:27 +0000

“Whatchu talkin’ about Willis?” – “Dynomite!” or “Kiss my Grits!” – What do they all have in common? That’s right, they were all famous sit-com tag lines! What was your favorite? I have to say, I think my favorite was “KISS MY GRITS” but there were a lot of other classics too.

Hottest Sitcom Girls From The 80′s! [POLL]

Craig Russell — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:39:05 +0000

The whole WFGR staff is getting in on this one! Matt and I started talking about this yesterday. Conrad Bain from “Diff’rent Strokes” died Monday, and we started talking about babes from other 80′s shows–mostly Facts of Life. I thought Blair and Tootie we’re cute. And then Andy and Dave were talking about it as [...]

WFGR Retrovision: 5 Megabyte Hard Drive from 1956

Matt Hendricks — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:50:09 +0000

Check out this baby from 1956. My question is, what does one store on a hard drive in 1956? Vidoes? Music? Pictures? Probably not. It was likely just boring data. What was the first thing you can remember “saving” on your hard drive? I’m pretty sure it was a game of some sort.